Access modal view controller parent

Question

I\'m presenting a ViewController modally. How can I access the parent view controller ?

My architecture is TabBarController=>VC1=>VC2=>VC3=>MVC1, and I want to reach VC3

Answer 1

Here I came up with universal method to navigate from any place to root.

1. You create a new Class file with this class, so that it's accessible from anywhere in your project:

   import UIKit
   
   class SharedControllers
   {
       static func navigateToRoot(viewController: UIViewController)
       {
           var nc = viewController.navigationController
   
           // If this is a normal view with NavigationController, then we just pop to root.
           if nc != nil
           {
               nc?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true)
               return
           }
   
           // Most likely we are in Modal view, so we will need to search for a view with NavigationController.
           let vc = viewController.presentingViewController
   
           if nc == nil
           {
               nc = viewController.presentingViewController?.navigationController
           }
   
           if nc == nil
           {
               nc = viewController.parentViewController?.navigationController
           }
   
           if vc is UINavigationController && nc == nil
           {
               nc = vc as? UINavigationController
           }
   
           if nc != nil
           {
               viewController.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion:
                   {
                       nc?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true)
               })
           }
       }
   }
   

2. Usage from anywhere in your project:

   {
       ...
       SharedControllers.navigateToRoot(self)
       ...
   }